Folding spring bed-lounge



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F. H. WALKER. FOLDING SPRING BED LOUNGE.

No. 334,549. P atentedJan. 19, 1886.

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'P. H. WALKER.

FOLDING SPRING BED LOUNGE.

Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. WALKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING SPRING BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,549, dated January 19, 1886 Application filed May 15, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. WVALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Spring Bed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in several novel fea tures of construction and combinations of parts, as will be presently described and specifically claimed.

In my folding spring bed-lounge provision is made for applying and stretching woven wire or other elastic .supporting bottom fabric across the lounge, firmly supporting the bed horizontally when the loungeis unfolded, and for dropping one of the longitudinal side rails of the same down to ornearthe floor, so as to afford room within the wire bottom and lounge for the bedclothes, and it also admits of the employment of a hold-up bar for supporting the folded upper section of the lounge,

(which bar is not a part of my present claim,).

as will be hereinafter described. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the folding spring bed-lounge as it appears when unfolded. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, looking toward the head of the lounge. Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view of the front head-leg of the lounge, and

showing a portion of the head-rest, front rail,

and woven-wire spring-bottom with frictionroller on one end of its front rail, and also one of the inclined grooved supporting-irons, in which its front rail rests and moves up and down. Fig. 4. is a broken perspective view of the head-rest rear corner of the spring bedbottom of thelounge, as seen when the lounge is unfolded; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the slotted foot-snpportingiron of the lounge, the roller on an extension the front rail of the bed-support being in the act of passing into the slot of the iron.

A in the'drawings is the bed-lounge frame, supported, as usual, upon four legs and provided with a stationary liead rest portion, B. To the head-rest portion an auxiliary folding portion, B, is hinged at a,and providedwith a stop-lug, b, which keeps itfrom descending below a horizontal plane when unfolded, as in Fig. 1, and to the frame A a folding section or frame, A, is hinged at a, said section coni- Serial No. 165,630. (No model.)

prising head and foot rails c c and longi tudinal rails c 0.

D is a woven-wire or other suitable elastic spring-bed support, which may comprise two longitudinal rails, c c, and a woven-wire or other elastic bottom fabric. 0. This bed-support is applied as follows: The rail 0 is provided with metal-faced end extensions, (1, which enter horizontal oblong slots e, formed between confining and supporting irons E E, fastened to the head and foot rails, 0 0 which are hinged at ato the head and foot rails of the lounge-frame. Against the extensions 11 stretching-screws f are applied, and by means of these screws the woven-wire or other elastic bottom fabric, 0*, can be stretched, and retained in that condition after it has been connected with the lounge-frame A. Underneath the wire bottom 0, about midway of its width, conical spiral springs clare applied, the same being supported by the rail 0 These springs serve for holding up and supporting. the bed-support when unfolded, as in Fig. 1.

, Near the front rail of the lounge-frame A two flanged supporting-irons, F F, are applied, an iron, F, being attached to the headrail, and an iron, F, to the foot-rail of said frame, as shown. These irons are screwed to the said rails, and are in the form of oblong loops or slotted brackets, and at the top of each the slotg is enlarged, so as to form a resting or supporting shoulder, 9', as shown. When the irons are in position, they stand inclined, and the slot in each is correspondingly inclined, as shown. The inclination of the irons is backward, beginning at the bottom of the iron and running backward toward the top of the same, as shown. In the front edge of the foot-iron F an opening, h, is formed for the purpose of permitting the connection between the irons and bed-support to be effected after the irons are set in position. On the rail 0 of the bed-support extension-irons m m are provided, the same being constructed with supportingpins, or supporting-pins with friction-rollers m m? .on them. The pins, or pins with friction-rollers on them, are inserted into the slots of the supporting-irons by first placing the pin or friction-roller of the extension m into the slot of supporting-iron F, and then passing the pin or friction-roller of extension-iron m through the opening h into the IOO slot of the supporting-iron F. The opening h being cut on an oblique line, readily admits the .pin or friction-roller, but renders it difficult shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this bar adjusts itself and glides over the step when the lounge is folded, and when the loungeis unfolded it finds its rest and bearing upon the step G, and thereby prevents the rail 0 01' the lounge from being forced down. A pivoted leg, a, is provided at the middle of the rail 0, for support ing said rail when the lounge is unfolded, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be seen that the woveirwire or other elastic bottom fabric, 0', is applied crosswise of the lounge, instead of longitudinally,which construction gives greater strength and durability; that this bottom can be stretched by means ofthe slotted irons and screws orequivalent means; that the bed-support is securely and substantially held and supported in a horizontal position by the shoulders r/ of the slotted irons; and also that the said bed-support will have its front rail, 0, and the wovenwire or other elastic bottom fabric attached thereto lowered to, or nearly to, thetloor when the lounge is folded, and thus ample room is afforded for the bed and bedclothes within the lounge between the upper and lower portions of the woven-wire or other elastic bottom fabric, 0*.

I do not claim under thispatentthelowering of the woven-wire or other elastic bottom fabrie for affording greater room for the bedclothes, either by inclined bars and eyebolts,or

swinging rods or bars, as illustrated in my applications Nos. 145,690 and 134, 610, respectively. Neither do I claim the holding-up bar r, as the same is embraced in my application No. 164,461, filed May 5, 188:"). Neither do I claim a wire bottom fabric fastened at the head and foot ends of the lounge, as shown in Pat-- ent No. 209,015).

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination of the inclined slotted irons F F, having their slots formed with shoulder-supporting portionsy, the section A of the frame, bed-support D, having extensions on its rails c c, and the hinged section A,

having corner supporting-irons, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the inclined slotted irons F F, having their slots formed with shoulder-supporting portions g, the bed'support I), having one of its side rails arranged to rise and descend in the slots of the irons and to rest in the portions r of said slots, and the frame of the lounge, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The combination of the tighteningirons, which afford oblong slots for the extensions of the rails c to move in, the folding frame, and the elastic spring bed-support substantially as described.

4. In a folding bed-lounge, the combination, with the slotted iron F, of the slotted iron F, having the opening h, for the admission of an extension of the rail 0 after the other extension of said rail has been admitted into the slot, substantially as described.

FRANCIS vlEI'. WALKER.

iVi tn esses:

E. R. WALKER. Denim W ALKER. 

